Gigawatt

[ˈɡiːɡaˌvat]

/[ˈɡiːɡaˌvat]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gigawatt” is uncommon German (frequency #68,288 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,288
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Milliarde Watt

Corpus desk

Index DE-gigawatt · Gigawatt · German

Gigawatt · rank #68,288 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,288
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gitta

Nearest frequency peer: Gitta (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Gigawatt“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gigawatt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gigawatt
PropertyValue
HeadwordGigawatt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡiːɡaˌvat]
Letters8
Frequency rank#68,288
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gigawatt“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Gigawattfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gitta“ (#68,289), „gezückt“ (#68,286), „Glasfenster“ (#68,290). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gigawatt“ bei #68,288. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gigawatt is uncommon German at frequency #68,288 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡiːɡaˌvat]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Milliarde Watt".

Gigawatt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gigawatt, spelled G-I-G-A-W-A-T-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Milliarde Watt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Gigawatt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Das Kernkraftwerk hat eine Leistung von einem Gigawatt.
  2. „Bereits heute sind in der Nordsee 28 Windparks mit etwa neun Gigawatt Leistung genehmigt.“

This word in other languages

gigawatt(English)gigavatio(Español)gigawatt(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gigawatt"?
"Gigawatt" is spelled G-I-G-A-W-A-T-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡiːɡaˌvat].
What does "Gigawatt" mean?
As a noun, "Gigawatt" means: eine Milliarde Watt
How do you pronounce "Gigawatt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gigawatt" is [ˈɡiːɡaˌvat]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gigawatt" come from?
"Gigawatt" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gigawatt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gewichst#68,283getrollt#68,280graduate#68,297Gestänge#68,278

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list